What if the Jockey Club allowed AI?

[cmorioles]

I wouldn't say never. It is obviously already done with s-breds. If the Arabs start to demand a higher number of horses from a certain stallion...

[paisjpq]

Originally Posted by cmorioles

I wouldn't say never. It is obviously already done with s-breds. If the Arabs start to demand a higher number of horses from a certain stallion...

perhaps I should have said never sanctioned and endorsed...as the state breds that do it shouldn't be eligible for registration...

[slotdirt]

Quarterhorses are also able to be bred by artificial means.

[CapperZeke]

I had no idea Allen Iverson even liked horses.

[Cajungator26]

It would have been very tough (if not nearly impossible) for them to obtain semen from Barbaro. It requires this...



I worked on a Trahehner farm one summer, breeding stallions to one of those things, and let me tell you, it's just as tough on a stallion's hind legs. They get really into it. LOL

[paisjpq]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

It would have been very tough (if not nearly impossible) for them to obtain semen from Barbaro. It requires this...


I worked on a Trahehner farm one summer, breeding stallions to one of those things, and let me tell you, it's just as tough on a stallion's hind legs. They get really into it. LOL

it's not impossible to collect them from the ground though...we used to collect an older morgan without him mounting the phantom...he just came into the shed took a sniff of the mare and voila.

but he is obviously the exception to the rule...in fact he is still fertile and breeding a few mares a year at 32

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by paisjpq

it's not impossible to collect them from the ground though...we used to collect an older morgan without him mounting the phantom...he just came into the shed took a sniff of the mare and voila.

but he is obviously the exception to the rule...in fact he is still fertile and breeding a few mares a year at 32

Yeah, I know they could have (forgive me for the lack of better words) jacked him off, but it would have been tough in his case, because he'd never bred a mare to begin with. We had to train most of the younger stallions to learn how to mount the phantom. Once they got the hang of it, it was "love" at first sight. HAHA

[paisjpq]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

Yeah, I know they could have (forgive me for the lack of better words) jacked him off, but it would have been tough in his case, because he'd never bred a mare to begin with. We had to train most of the younger stallions to learn how to mount the phantom. Once they got the hang of it, it was "love" at first sight. HAHA

yeah like I said this was an older horse...he knew the drill...when he saw his breeding 'bridle' come out of the tack room that was usually all it took.

[Pedigree Ann]

All TB breeding countries would have to sign on to approving AI or USA-bred AI-produced TBs wouldn't be registerable as TBs overseas. The overseas market is quite lucrative for upper level Kentucky breeders, so I don't see them going this way any time soon.

The Russians bred some horses, even some local champions, from the frozen semen of their hero Anilin (won Germany's Preis von Europa three times, 2nd and 3rd [to Kelso and Gun Bow] in the Washington DC International in two tries). These horses couldn't race anywhere else in Europe because they weren't acceptable as TBs and none of their offspring could be either. Everybody has to accept AI or it's a no go.

[dr. fager]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

It would have been very tough (if not nearly impossible) for them to obtain semen from Barbaro. It requires this...



I worked on a Trahehner farm one summer, breeding stallions to one of those things, and let me tell you, it's just as tough on a stallion's hind legs. They get really into it. LOL

Thanks, this is great ammo if my son ever wants to become a male gymnast.....

In all seriousness, Mike Rowe did a piece on this on Dirty Jobs...dude cracks me up.

[LARHAGE]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

It would have been very tough (if not nearly impossible) for them to obtain semen from Barbaro. It requires this...



I worked on a Trahehner farm one summer, breeding stallions to one of those things, and let me tell you, it's just as tough on a stallion's hind legs. They get really into it. LOL

Stallions can actually be trained to allow manual collection while they are standing, it's done with older, arthritic stallions all the time. They don't have to mount.

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by LARHAGE

Stallions can actually be trained to allow manual collection while they are standing, it's done with older, arthritic stallions all the time. They don't have to mount.

Tough to train a horse that was in Barbaro's situation... wouldn't you agree?